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Rachid Ghannouchi

Moderate Wins Landslide Victory In Re-Election As Islamist Party Head In Tunisia

AP | BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 07.17.2012 | World
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TUNIS, Tunisia -- Tunisia's most powerful Islamist party re-elected a moderate as its leader by a landslide in the early hours of the morning Tuesday,...

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"The Revolution Will Spread Throughout the Muslim World - and Beyond"

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 04.01.2012 | World
Read More: Hosni Mubarak, Arab Spring, Muslim Brotherhood, Rachid Ghannouchi, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia, Islamists, Tunisia Elections, Arab Awakening, Tunisia Revolution, World News
Elisabeth Braw

People call him "The Godfather of the new Islamist Middle East." Rachid Ghannouchi, whose Ennahdha party won Tunisia's first free elections last November, does indeed spearhead the post-Arab Spring Middle East.

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The Shariah Was Made For Man -- And Not Man For The Shariah

Mustafa Akyol | Posted 02.18.2012 | Religion
Read More: Quran, Islam, Arab Spring, Imam Shatibi, Islamists, Middle East, Namik Kemal, Rachid Ghannouchi, Sharia, Islamic Law, Religion News
Mustafa Akyol

The fundamentalists do not realize that their blind literalism could lead them to follow the letter of the law, but betray its intents.

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Islamists Facing Tests

Philip Seib | Posted 01.08.2012 | World
Read More: Ennahda, Women's Issues, Tawwakol Karman, Rachid Ghannouchi, Tunisia, Islamists, World News
Philip Seib

Muslims must decide if faith and freedom are to coexist. As they decide, a primary task is to make democracy more than a matter of electoral politics and instead embrace the notion of a democratic culture.

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